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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-03-10
Mexican
m ustang
Liiniil1lent.
THIS COOP OLD srAMp-HY

THIS GOOD OLD STANp-RY
accomplishes for everybody exactly what is claimed
forit One of the for the great popularity
the Mustang Eminent is found in its universal
applicability, Everybody needs such medicine.
The Lumberman needs 1t In case of accident.
The Housewife needs 1t for general family use
The Canaler needs it for his teams and his men.
The Mechanic needs it always Ga mis- work
bench
The Miner needs 1t in case Of emergency.
The Pioneer needsit-ean't get along without it.
The Farmer needs ii in his house, his STABLE
and his stock yard
The Steamboat man or the BontRzan needs
istn liberal supply a1oat and ashore.
The Horse-fnncier needs TIT is hts best
friend and safest reliance
The StOck-growar needs tit will save him
thousands Of dollars and world of trouble.
The Railroad man needs it and will need 1t so
long his life is round of accidents dangers.
The BaclkwoOdsmnn needs II. There is moth
ing like 1t as antidote for the dangers to life
limb and comfort which surround the pioneer.
The Merchant needs it about his store among
his employees. Accidents will happen. and when
these come the Mustang Liniment Is wanted once.
Keep Bottle in the House. 'Tis the best of
economy
Keep q Bottle in the Factory. Its immediate
use IN Of accident saves pain and loss Of wages
Keep a BOTTLE Always in the Stable for
use when wanted,
feb17
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TTSE THE PEERLESS
PATENT MEAT SACK
AND BE HAPPY.

Every sack guaranteed to prevent shippers
in meat They last from three to five years.
Full directions on each sack.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-03-10
MANASSAS BRANCH,

WARRENToN Trains Nos. so. 81. 81 and SIS
FRANKLIN DIVISION DAILY except Sunday
leave Rocky Mount 7:40 a. m. Arrive Frank.
lin Junction L. a. n. Leave Franklin juno.
ton $3.50 p. m. Arrive at Rocky Mount $3.50 b. M.
GoRDoNSvILLE.-Train leave Orange for
Gordonsville 40 P. M. daily. and $50 A. M and
leave Gordonsviie for Orange 4.35 A. M daily.
and ll30 A. M. and $50 z. NJ daily except Sun.
day.
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Hang it on the fence, where everybody
can see it. Now take this $50 bill and call
at all the houses around here and ask for
Change. Yen went get it, but | have the
right amount to hand you when you come
back. II you happen 20 say to 'em as you
go around that this is the first IS rug you
have sold within mile Of here III give a
piece Of pie and glass of milk.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-03-10
a Woman's Way.

An agent with three or four rugs in a
strap had called at a house on National Az
enue ard rung the hell without arous.ng
anybody, when & woman called to him from
across the street
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-03-10

The name of st. John county, Kansas,
has been changed to Logan,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-03-10

In thanking the public for the liberal patron.
ge extended lie, ask q continuance Of theil
avors to my successor, feeling assured that he
ully deserves them. Respectfully,
jan28-S d copy. S. T.THORNBUR13
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-03-10
baltimore & OHIO RAILROAD.
Time Table In Effect Jan. 30th, 1887 until fur
ther notice:

*COnnects with No. 4, leaving Harper's Ferry
at 4:40 a M, arrives at Baltimore 1880 am.
Traditional mixed trains leave Harrisonburg
at $3.50 q. m. and II 100 noon arriving at Harpers
Ferry at 1888 p. m. and 9:l5 p. m.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-03-10

Section of Fence standing. 5-foot pickets.
Descriptive circular sent upon application.
Fence also manufactured and for sale by:
MARKS & FRIEND. lib East River Street
Petersburg. Va.
R. & W. P. HILL, Barboursville, Va.
O. M. STYRON, 4l6 East Main Street, Norfolk
Va.
COMBINATION FENCE COMPANY, 1850 east
Franklin street, Richmond, Va.
JAMES ROACH, Fredericksburg, Va.
E. C.vINCENT, Lock- Box No. 4, staunton. We
Agents for sale of Fencing:
j, F. TEMPLETON, Waynesboro, Va,
J. B. roller, Mount Crawford. Va.
janl3-6m
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opposite VIM. Wholey's. He keeps constantly
on hand the choicest Fresh and Cured
Meats, which he will sell at the lowest cash
prices. He soicits the patronage of his old
friends and the public generally. Orders
promptly attended, and meats delivered at the
residence of his customers.
stanton, Jan. Ii.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
Girls VINO corroapond.

What follows, from Harper's Bazaar,
is for the benefit OF girls who are pre-
disposed TO gush:
A habit with our thonghtless young
ladies who DO a great many things
quietly which they would not like &c
have known OF at home-R habit de.
serving Of the strongest condemnation
lis that OF promiscnous correspond
ence with gentlemen, whether the
gentlemen be married or single. The
young ladies who end pleasure in this
habituse their pens on any pretext that
turns mp, aud sometimes on no pre-
text at all. We are not really sure
THAT this does not come less under the
head OF an undesirable habit than
sin: Tor there Is an indelicacy about 1t
quite amounting TO immodesty, oil
which no girl who respects herself or
who desires the respect OF Others will
be guilty.
These young letter.writers, how.
ever, generally get &c reward for
their thoughtlessness or their culpa'
bility. II their correspondent Is a
man Of systematic habits their letters
are doeketed and tiCketed and his
clerks have as much OF laugh over
them as they wish. and il he is not a
systematic man then those letters ere
at the mercy OF any and every man
who chooses to waste time in reading
them. II their correspondent is a
married man then his possession OF
their letters, even OF the most trivial
kind, places the writer's at a disad.
vantage. Sooner or later the letters
fall into the hands OF his wife, who
reads the folly or the wickedness with
clear eyes and holds the writer not
only in contempt but in her power.
No young girl can be sure that her
correspondent is not merely amusing
himself with her and IL is often the
case that her letters are unwel-
come and a nuisance and he does
not check them and does not reply to
them, not from interest in her, but
merely manly chivalry.
When the writer had recovered from
her folly or forgotten about her idle
ness there il the letter. ready to rise,
like an awful betraying ghost, after
she herself has possibly undergone a
change that Wilt make her face burn,
branded with shame, should the let
ter ever chance to confront her or per
haps even the memory of it. Her mo-
tive may have been all innocence at
the time, but it is left forever under
doubt; and, in fact, except in the bald
est business affair there can be no eS-
cuse, and therefore no innocence, IN
the matter OF young girls writing let.
tiers to any man not her personal
relative or guardian; Tor about most
OF these letters there is an unmaiden'
llness almost amounting toindeceney,
and in the end her correspondent
himself never thinks other than light
of her on account OF them.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26

such Sacred ih'nes? Who else so de-
voutly as you, can enter that "holy oil
HOLES" with your childg What Is tie |
to bind her to you in tender conf.
dence have you lostl But you let her
90 from you unfinished and thought
iul. and II you have never done 20 be-
fore, You have now made a little wall
separation between yourself and her,
and when her curiosity il again ex-
cited, she will appeal TO some one else
some other child perhaps, as Curl
Gus as herself, possibly not as limo
cent, and heart that should have re-
manned as pure as the morning. Is con.
taminated with vain Vaccinations,
until the eyes that once looked into
yours for q truthful answer, would
quail before you, could you read the
thoughts OF a guilty hearth
But" a mother once said to me,
Nall the bloom and innocence OF her
| girlhood would be gone"
assure you it may be gone past
your recall, though you seek it "ear-
nestly and with tears" unless you at
tend to this duty yourself. You do
not know what bond OF sympathy
such a course will establish between
! yourself and your child, and all
through her life, the memory Of your
words will have n sweet, restraining
influence, the value Of which will be
untold and unreasonable. 1t will be
easier than you think; few words a.
first will suffice. assuring her that a
subject so tender and sacred must
not be spoken of to others, and that
| .,tlasa r.asaf.Ff1rs FRnfaflQa her
again, she must come to you only for
the truth which you will tell her. Thus,
gradually, her mind at rest on the SUD
iect it will be absorbed as BEAUTIFULLY
as any other knowledge. and depend
upon it, child thus reared will never
impart nor receive the ordinary school
girl information. And ii such instruc-
ton should begiven your daughters, it
is equally important that in the safe
shelter OF the home nest, under your
own roof tree, your boys should re-
ceive the same, from the lips which
laid the first benediction upon their
heads. 1t will be a chrism OF love, q
baptism of purity, and safeguard
against temptation for lack of which,
so many OF our youth wander into
ways which lead down to death"
Give your children their lesson in
physiology. Tell them OF the wonder
iul organs OF reproduction, and how
through all vegetable and animal life
the law is the same; and as your owr
heart is pure, dear mother, so will bt
your teaching. And though the human
heart is depraved by nature, there i
enough OF the divine ''seed remaining
J to prevent child taught at its moth
! er's knee from making any depravec
use OF such knowledge. Rather it vii
be one OF the steps which shall leat
{ him "from nature up to nature
G God," and shall teach him to say de
voutly, Chow wonderful are th!
I works, o, Godm-Mrs. Ellen Knigh
= Bradford, in Good Housekeeping.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
CONVERSATIONS.

Fair Nancy nj her window sits,
Across the way,
And piece To piece her patchwork Ute
with colors gay,
She Joins them In dream oil bliss
No sseeter work sho nsks than this.
Her friends coma TO sit awhile;
Her work they praise.
And thus. with genial chat and smile
Slip by her days.
She asks no higher. nobler end
Than appreciation oil her friend.
They look with plying eyes at nc,
Who Eit alone;
I'm solitude whnt can there be-
They sadly groan.
They come across TO cheer me then,
] elose the page and hide my pen.
Sweet maid, whose busy fingers fit,
Our tasks combine.
You at your Hairy patchwork sit,
And at mine.
Your friends come In to cheer you there
Ny friends are yiewless ne the air
Mine crowd around and comfort bring
Thro' lonely hours:
Their hgnds In mine ] cheerly sing.
knee.deep In flowers.
When here ] sit in quiet hooks.
meat my friends in living books.
Some gift the Giyer metes to all,
To cheer the way;
Ny little songs, that rise and fall,
Have kept me gay,
In spite ei jeers, IN spite OF seorn.
They sing themselves from m"rn to morn
Kate DOORS Sharp.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
Mans Thoughts About
Woman.

conlormably to the delicacy oil her
frame. there is beauty in the COM
position of a woman, grace in her
motions, a charm and faeination
peculiarly her own. This nature
seems to have given to her as a sort OF
CONDENSATION for her Lace OF strength
and energy, so that in her weakness.
~ Anacreon sings. she can conquer
both fire and iron by the mere gra-
ciousness OF her presence. Lot her
never forget this, and in all that she
does be assiduous TO harmonlze ana
10 sweeten that society which she can
not always guide. Let her know al
40 that by a gentle influence, Indirect
~ annlied nj a convenient moment,
she NAV secure greater victories IN I'M
nortant social matters than by plant
mo herself as an armed champion m
war. As personal beauty is her spe'
cial dover from nature, so II y natur-
al to expect that she should have a
finer asthetical instinct than the man,
and that this should manifest itseil IN
her hnbitual presentation and ~ the
ouality OF her surroundings; she snoula
delight in dress, 10 elegant articles o.
fnrniture. In tasteful decoration OF
ali Kinds Ia flowers. In. birds, and IN
everything whether In life or nature
thar anneals to n fine sense OF the
beautiful. -Cassell's Magazine.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
Poultry Paragraphs.

Air.s!acked lime is simple and eli
fieient ieodorizer about the hen house.
Owing to the impurity of air in the
hennery many Ct the finest fowls
sicken and die.
A well.ted and well.cared-for chicken
or adult fowl is not as liable TO DIS
case rs neglected ones. 80
No person can be successful with
poultry and leave the care entirely 70
nm assistant. You must do the work
yourself or have IL done under your
observation,
Lay in n supply offinedirt now before
the ground is frozen. II will be found OF
valuable service in providing the dust
baths and in preserving the dropplhgs
when the weather becomes cold.
FIll IN the yards, IL the hens are con-
fined. 40 az to have them higher than
the surrounding ground, ana thus
avoid dampness in the yards sane
Is best for the purpose ms IL VIII pre-
vent too much mud.
Look out for top ventilation m the
poultry house in winter u you wish 70
avoid roup or colds in the flock. Top
ventilation will answer during the
warm days OF simmer, but Is danger
ous after the cold season begins.
Burnt bones are useful in the poul'
try ward, but do not equal those that
nre procured in the ground condition
Homes from tho butcher, pounded IN
10 pieces, are preferred by hens, rs
thew always contain more or less
meat.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
HeTalked Business.
New York Correspondent San Francisco
Argonaut.

New York Correspondent San Francisco
Argonaut.
They tell curious story oil old
Christopher Meyer, who was more or
less with Ives. Many years ago he
was a workman in a factory where
rubber shoes were made. He received
the fabulous sum OF one dollar and
quarter day. at night he worked
ont the details OF AN invention for
economizing in the number OF men
employed in the factory. One day he
finished his machine, carried 1t to the
shop and showed his boss how well it
would do the work OF dozen or
twenty men. The boss was thunder
struck; but before he could examine
the invention Meyer seized big ham
mer and knocked its delicate machln-
cry into chaos.
but / want that" protested the
boss.
IL know you do" answered the
workman, quietly.
Come and see me tomorrow noon, "
continued the head OF the firm, pom.
pously, .'and we viii make some ar
rangements-"
"If you want to talk business with
me, replied the workman, coolly.
"You can come 10 my lodging at 2
o'clock tonight. Better not be late. I"
Tie millionaire was there at z, Mey-
err was taken into the firm, and in q
short time he was at the head OF the
business. lie lives in New. Brunswick,
N. j., in a pretentious house, and his
sons are all married. A short time
ago the old mamie is more than sew.
enty years of age-took it into his
mind to marry again, picked out q
beautiful, nineteen year.old girl and
prepared for the wedding. Immense
opposition wastxpected from the fam
ily, as old Meyer is worth ten oil
twelve millions; but, to the amaze
ment and chagrin of society and th'
sensational press, all of the old manu-
Facturer's friends, family, and connec
tions backed him up heartily, and sent
him of on his bridal tour looking anC
feeling like major.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
Tho culture Of Gala LIIIes.

From Good Cheer.
In the Gala lily the lover OF beauti
iul flowers has one ofthe best ofplanti
for general culture: it is not ofdificuii
growth, nor does it require any espe
ciai care other than abundance of wa
ter. As a house plant it is peculiarly
adaptable TO the iiving-room, where il
thriyes under almost any condition o
temperature.
The soil required by the Gala lily Il
mixture OF rich loan and sand-f
little gravel may be mixed in the sol
for the purpose OF drainage. very litti,
is needed. however, as the plant rather
enjoys soegy soil than otherwise
Some amateurs find difficulty in max
ing the Gala bloom, and can account
for this only on the supposition that
the sod is not kegt sufficiently moist
The pot in which the Gala is planted
should not be too large. as the plant
will do much better II allowed to be
come partially pot.bound.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
plain raIk upon . PIeln ropIo.

With all our modern progressive
ideas on the culture and training OF
children, one duty seem to be to a
great degree overlooked, namely
that Of answering children's questions
regarding the origin Of their existence.
There is the advent of littlestranger
In your home, and as your wondering
child OF a dozen years perhaps, asks
YOU the old, old question, you no
doubt answer her as your mother an.
swered you. and as her mother re.
piled to the same question. But can
you--living in these days, dare you
looking into her earnest truthful face
tell her what you know, and what
she will soon know is iGlseY From
whose lips 10 yon wish her to hear oil
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
AeIg Bar OF Bullion.

Is'ena independent The second
Ngsi bar Of bullion ever melted in
United States assay Office IN
sna was handled by Melser Mey.
lori. Il came from the Jay Gould
- weighed about two thousand
II hundred ounces and was worth
S0us S2T. 900. The gas furnaces
not nearly largo enough 10 han.
y, and one Of the great coke fur.
&C. now seldom used. was heRssd
4 When Il was thoroughly reduced
liquid. motion mass, a set ot
H ppsfs was attached TO the melting.
and by the aid OF chains and
eys u was lifted out Of the
Of burning coke and charcoal
"A dumped into q moull ]. When
asd changed from n liquid into y
y but rcd.hot bar il WAS immers.
% water until IL had sufficiently
8o'ed to be handled. The operation,
nsh included several interesting tra.
~ other than those detailed, wns
8stntly watched by small party Of
sNors, who were much inter estcd IN
'hg S2T 900 changed from n solid
aliquid form aud then TO solid
Han' The only larger bar ever han.
III IN tho Office was one OF about
zee thousand three hundred ounces,
several have been melted OF larger
loe. Since January ], the Office has
1selved about one thousand deposits,
.ahy more than for the correspond.
Y period OF last year, and Of consid.
'aOiy larger aggregate value.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26

different and distant counties. to tes
IN broad fields the results attained OF
n small scale at Rothamsted and Wo
burn. DIR. Lawe's teachings have bee,
corroborated wholly, so lar as thes,
trials went. They show that IN 4
good clover crop renders artificial ma
hu'es unnecessary and Improbable
w But after grain crops or bar
ialiow heterogeneous manure be
comes profitable. 81 Minera
manures alone have given poor re
suits, but are useful with nitrogen. "A
AS a means OF supplying this, nitrat,
OF soda has done rather better thar
sulphate of ammonia. (5) No appli
cation OF barnyard manure hai
equalled the artificial manures, wher
considered only in the one first yea
OF application. (6) The influence o
Inning remains variable and uncer
tain. ~ Wheat especially requires
nitrogen. The formidable cloytr.sick
ness which has been a puzzle TO every
body is said to he likely to becom
preyentable through Miss Ormerod'
entomologic researches. A complet
series OF observations are TO be mad
on this point during the season.-Ne'
York Tribune.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
TaIking-Rack:ln Church.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Miss Emma Abbott attracted a
good deal OF attention in church at
Nashville the other day, and has also
received a good deal ofnotice through
out the country, by getting up IN meet
ing and replying in rather a vigorous
language to the sweeping and exaSger.
ated assertions of sermon against
the theater, which had just been de-
livered. Doubtless her provocation
was great; but the sober reconsideration
OF the circumstances is likely to create
n question whether the act was exact
" suited either to the place or the &C.
casion. 4.
let us turn the matter around and
see how it fits. Last spring when the
energetic little singer was m Pittsburg,
she accepted the most public oppor-
tunities Tor denouncing that "horrld
and outrageous interstate commerce
law" because she had to pay extra
charges on her baggage. Her talk was
an exhibition of even wilder ignorance
concerning the law than the Nashville
clergyman showed concerning the
stage. Suppose some one had inter
rupted one OF Miss Abbott's. perform
ances to protest that she had been
slanderins a wise enactment that only
sought to enforce the'principles ofsim
nile Justice IN the transportation ofth'
country? Would not the interruptinl
individual have been Missed down, and
wa id not Miss Abbott's manager
have ordered him TO be elected iron
the houseg
II is the general understanding tina
clergymen have the right to talk iron
their pulpits and actors from thestae
without interruption. Wecannot sc
how it is any better for Miss Abbot
TO have talked back In church becaus'
she disapproved of the sermon than
would have been for a clergyman Z
have tried to talk atthe Opera hous
because he disapp<oved OF "TraviAea'
or "Rigoletto.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
Causes of the Tightness OF
Money.
Yonthis Companion.

Youths Companion.
In the first place, while the revenues
of the Government have been as large
as usual, the Treasury has no longer
the outlet which, up to this time, it
has had, through which to restore the
excess OF its revenues to the channels
OF business. Ever since the Civil War,
when thegreat national debt was Great
ed, there have always been out standing
bonds OF the Government which could
either be purchased at less than par,
or redeemed at their face value, and
whenever money was accommodating in
the Treasury it was released by re-
deeming bonds.
But a few months ago the last of all
these classes of bonds were paid, and
now there is no debt of the Govern
nent which will mature for several
wears to come. The Government has,
indeed, bought a few millions OF bonds
at a high premium, but it has not
been able to relieve the money mar
ket; and no way has yet been devised
of avoiding an accumulation OF money
IN the treasury, except on terms unia-
vorable to the government.
The other cause is more potent.
Several OF the largest railroad compa-
MES have called Tor vast sums OF mon
ey, 10 be used in extending their sys-
| TENS. These sums have been subscrib-
ed and called in, and the money has
been taken out of the banks to be put
into laborers' WAGES. into rails, into
ties, into cars and engines.
In other words, millions upon mill
ions of dollars have been invested;
that is,spent or lent. Those who had
money, now have securities. They are
as rich as they were before, perhaps
richer; but they cannot lend again
what they have lent already.
The money. meanwhile, which was
accumulated in great amounts in the
banks, has been scattered, and will be
gathered again slowly. There IS no
mystery about the process which has
been going on. Men have invested too
closely. They have not kept suifi'
Gent amount for emel geneies. Theil
investments will pay in the end, but
thev must wait for the return, and N
the meantime they are hard put to i
for money to transact their ordinary
business.
Moreover, the only remedy is e
wait. Government has had so much
to 40 with the currency OF the coun
try, that people are apt to look e
Washington for relief, and TO thlnl
that Congress Is, IN such matters
omnipotent. Itisnotso. The only way
to make money is to earn it. Sucl
times as we are now passing througl
are a natural consequences OF over.in
vestment. They are, as It were, q dis
ease caused by disregard OF the law
OF financial health.
Anything the Government attempts
to do to ease the market. beyond re
leasing the money which too larg
revenues have locked up, will onl.
cover up, not cure, the malady.